ZUNINO , Marta

The circum-Mediterranean region is the cradle of ancient civilizations that had their roots in the Holocene. Climate change has been considered a key element that contributed to their rise or fall. The Roman Warm Period (RWP), 200 B.C. to 400 A.D., was the warmest period in Europe during the last two thousand years. Hydroclimatic change at the...

The Younger Dryas (YD), a 1200-year-long cooling event interrupting the warm Bølling-Allerød period, started from 12,870 ± 30 yr BP (2σ, before 1950 C.E.). Here we present decadal-resolved stalagmite BA18-2 multi-proxy records from Bàsura cave, northern Italy. The StalAge age-depth model with 8 U-Th dates with 2-sigma errors of ± 26-193 yrs...

During the well-known "Little Ice Age" (LIA, ca. 1450–1850 C.E.), Europe experienced the coldest winters over the last ten thousand years. This interval was suggested to have been caused by major volcanic eruptions and periods of low solar activity. However, the detailed climate pattern in Europe remains unclear. By conducting high-precision...

Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA; ca. 1450–1850 C.E.) is the best documented cold period of the past millennium, characterized by high-frequency volcanism, low solar activity, and high variability of Arctic sea-ice cover. Past studies of LIA Atlantic circulation changes have referenced the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), but recent studies...

Glacial terminations in the late Pleistocene are notable for their high rates of sea-level rise. Occurring ~340 thousand years before the present (kyr BP), Termination IV (T-IV) stands out as a significant one, during which sea-level rise rates exceeded 4 meters per century. The underlying causes of such rapid deglaciation during T-IV, however,...